As we enter into August, here are the new products on BEAUTYDIRECTORY breaking the mould, including a jelly highlighter, fizzing blackhead mask and a retinol-based serum that won’t dry your skin out, plus fragrances for spring and the latest in men’s grooming.
Makeup
Rimmel London Match Perfection Foundation and Concealer are now available in more shades. The cult-favourite foundation, which now has 16 shades, provides a natural, luminous finish with a 24 hour moisture complex that blurs imperfections. Paired with the new Fix & Perfect Primer 5-in-1 For Perfect Skin, skin is brightened, evened out and protected.
Introducing the lightweight foundation that has been gaining momentum online – Benefit Hello Happy Soft Blur Foundation. It claims to look like skin and feel like nothing at all. Breathable and blurring, it provides a light to medium coverage and a natural-matte finish.
Clarins’ colour correcting primers provide a solution to every skin situation. Available in 6 shades, these lightweight and hydrating SOS Primers boost brightness, revitalise skin, improve the look of dark circles and dark spots, minimise the look of redness and even tone, while protecting skin from the harmful effects of the environment.
Pens are ordinarily kept in your pencil case, but this one is for the beauty bag. Offering an innovative way to do your face, Clarins 4 Colour All-in-One-Pen features three eye colours and one lip colour – all you need to elevate your makeup on the go.
Make the most of the remaining winter by utilising the shades in Clarins 4 Colour Eyeshadow Palette in No.7 Lovely Rose. Featuring on-trend pink and berry shades in satin, matte and iridescent finishes, this pint-sized palette is perfect for both day and night.
The popular Clarins Instant Light Lip Balm Perfector is now available in two new shades – Hot Pink and Plum. The ultra-moisturising formula is easier to maintain than a traditional lipstick and your lips will love the nourishing formula.
For those who love an intense highlight, Designer Brands Liquid Gold Jelly Highlighter is the ultimate contender. Golden and dewy, the unique formula applies as a jelly and dries down to a powder finish. Thankfully it doesn’t accentuate skin texture and is buildable so you can choose how glowy you want to go.
Providing that ‘real skin’ look, Designer Brands Glow This Way Concealer illuminates and covers without masking. The formula works just as well under the eyes as on blemishes.
For when you need a little more oomph in the lip department, Designer Brands Lip Elixir Nourishing Lip Treatment will suit. This intensely hydrating lip product can be used as an overnight treatment or over lipstick to give a glossy sheen.
When it comes to boosting volume in the lips, Designer Brands Lip Boost Plumping Treatment is a winner. The hi-shine gloss gives a refreshing tingling sensation to plump lips and is available in three tinted hues.
The iconic smooth and rich Super Lustrous formula is now available in matte. Revlon Matte Is Everything By Super Lustrous includes bold shades packed with pigment, giving a soft matte appearance. Available in 10 shades from nude to purple.
New shades of Revlon ColorStay™ Overtime Lipcolor are now available. The dual-ended lip colour and moisturising glossy top coat provides all day wear and colour that won’t feather or bleed. The new shades include Black Cherry, Boundless Nude and Neverending Purple.
Skincare
The perfect addition to the skincare routine of anyone with mature skin, L’OCCITANE Immortelle Overnight Reset Serum has a natural botox-like effect. The oil-in-serum boosts glow while improving the visible signs of ageing.
Blackheads are one of the most annoying imperfections to get rid of, but luckily the Dermalogica Clear Start Blackhead Clearing Fizz Mask provides an effective and innovative way of targeting them. Formulated for those aged 13 to 22, the unique fizzing formula opens pores, decongests skin and facilitates blackhead clearing. Ingredients like sulphur and kaolin clay help clear and purify skin.
Helping to banish breakout-causing bacteria, the Dermalogica Clear Start Breakout Clearing Booster is a fast-acting treatment that can be used all over or as a spot treatment. Once again ideal for young skin, this product stimulates natural exfoliation, minimises breakouts and evens skin tone without over-drying.
Murad’s Technoceuticals Professional product line is for use at home as well as in clinic. The potent concentrates: Technoceuticals Wrinkle Solution Professional Concentrate; Technoceuticals Brightening Boost Professional Concentrate; Technoceuticals Clarity Control Professional Concentrate target wrinkles, dullness, and blemishes respectively. The at-home products are designed to be used with 60 minute Murad Advanced Technoceuticals Peel treatments at Caci clinics nationwide, starting August.
Hyperpigmentation is something that frustrates many women, but thankfully Environ Skincare’s Focus Care Radiance + range targets the root causes of it. Step one, Focus Care Radiance+ Multi-Bioactive Mela-Prep Lotion, is a luxurious lotion that gives a brighter, more even-toned complexion; step two, Focus Care Radiance+ Vita-Botanical Mela-Fade Serum System, is an innovative serum containing vitamins and botanicals that improve uneven skin tone and visible sun damage; and lastly step three, Focus Care Radiance+ Intense C-Boost Mela-Even Cream, is a vitamin C infused cream that brightens skin, giving it a healthy appearance.
Retinol is a potent ingredient that has a tendency to dry out skin. However, Elizabeth Arden Skincare Retinol Ceramide Capsules Line Erasing Night Serum includes moisture-boosting ceramides to prevent this. The single-dose capsules improve the look of lines and wrinkles, skin texture, and tone.
Skin Republic 24K Gold Aquagel Under Eye Patches utilise gold, renowned for its anti-ageing power. The serum infused patches reduce the visible signs of ageing as well as firm, soothe and depuff the eye area. Gold leaves skin more youthful looking and improves circulation, resulting in a glowing complexion.
Utilising the power of New Zealand Manuka honey, Bees Brilliance superfood masks hydrate and revitalise skin naturally. The masks include superfoods like kiwifruit, blackberry and raspberry.
Kiwifruit and Activated Charcoal Mask; Blackberry Mask; Manuka Honey Mask; Raspberry & Bee Venom Mask.
Bodycare
Perfect for sorting out winter inflicted dryness, L’OCCITANE Almond Delightful Body Balm melts into skin, leaving it feeling nourished, more supple and incredibly soft. Formulated with almond butter and almond oil from Provence, it also has a delicious scent.
Taking care of cuticles can be annoying, but it’s a necessary task. L’OCCITANE Shea Nail Cuticle Nourishing-Oil contains 30% shea oil to soften cuticles and strengthen nails. Application is a breeze with the handy brush applicator.
Introducing soap for a good cause… show your support for the Forever Against Animal Testing campaign and purchase a limited edition soap from The Body Shop: Limited Edition Moringa Bunny Soap; Limited Edition Plum Bunny Soap; Limited Edition Strawberry Bunny Soap.
Get the results of cosmetic surgery without having to go under the knife… Save Our Skin by Innoxa is a new range of cosmeceutical products, with clinically proven active ingredients, that save you from having to visit a cosmetic surgeon. The SOS range includes products to reduce and smooth wrinkles in the eye and neck areas: LineRefine; DecoLift. Plus, products to enhance and firm the bust; BreastVolume, and slim and tone the body; NightSlim; CellFirm.
#LUSHLabs introduces its Bath Art collection, available until August 29. Stock up on these divine-smelling bath treats for the last month of winter: I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles; Bubble Brushes; Honey Drips; Pink Petitgrain.
Palmer’s ultra-moisturising body washes contain gentle cleansers and nourishing ingredients for a pleasant shower experience. Soothing Foaming Body Wash; Indulgent Foaming Body Wash; Nourishing Foaming Body Wash include less soap yet still create a creamy, rich lather.
Fragrance
What is more spring-like than cherry blossom? L’OCCITANE celebrates the beauty of the cherry tree with its new limited edition eau de toilette, Cherry Blossom Eau Fraiche Eau de Toilette, which has notes of cherry, freesia, and blackcurrant.
The third and final edition of Gucci Bloom is as pretty as fragrances come. The now iconic light pink bottle houses the original scent with a Chypre Floral twist. The feminine, sensual notes of Bloom Nettare di Fiori include rose, Rangoon creeper, ginger and patchouli.
Britney Spears is releasing her first gender-neutral scent. Prerogative Eau de Parfum Spray is addictive and seductive, exotic and contemporary. It opens with fruity notes, transitions into floral notes, and closes with bold and steamy notes.
The latest Marc Jacobs scent is called Daisy Love EDT and is a feminine, youthful yet sophisticated fragrance featuring radiant florals and sparkling gourmand. Notes of cloudberries, daisy tree petals and cashmere musks give the fragrance warmth.
OUI Juicy Couture Eau de Parfum Spray is a playful and provocative fragrance with a clear juxtaposition of bold and soft. The scent includes sparkling, juicy opening notes, floral heart notes, and complex, woody notes to finish.
Hair
KMS’ take-home style primers let you continue the good hair days way past your hair appointment. ADDVOLUME Style Primer prepares fine and limp hair for styling; MOISTREPAIR Style Primer rebalances moisture levels and improves elasticity; TAMEFRIZZ Style Primer restores unruly, frizz and stressed hair.
Men’s
Remington has Father’s Day covered with their latest and greatest grooming tools. Get sorted early!
WETech Capture Pro Shaver; WETech Close Shave; Groom & Go Precision Kit; Quick Groom Body & Back Groomer.
Introducing miniature (25g) versions of Triumph & Disaster’s award winning styling products. They are the perfect travel-size companions and are small enough to fit into any toiletry bag.
Coltrane Clay Little Puck; Fibre Royale Little Puck; Ponsonby Pomade Little Puck.
The Body Shop's new collection for men includes shaving essentials and skincare.
Green Tea & Lemon Mattifying Moisturiser for Men; Guarana & Coffee Energising Cleanser for Men; Maca Root & Aloe Softening Shaving Cream for Men, plus more!
